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===The Bronze Age: From the Early Days to the Age of Towers===

===The Bronze Age: From the Early Days to the Age of Towers===

By 2011, according to legend, all of Belkondíl save for Oakshire and the Noldorin is under Olgish rule. The clans make peace, united under one high king ruling from Lágon. This [[First Kingdom of Belkondíl]] lasts for only a few centuries before tension break it apart again. The [[Age of Turmoil|Olgish Clan Wars]] rage for most of the middle Bronze Age and end in the foundation of several smaller kingdoms, the most important of them [[Lon Avoch]] of the White Sea, founded in 1298, beginning the [[Age of Younger Kings]]. This is the end of the clan as the primary political unit in Olgish culture, replaced by new, semi-territorial counties and principalities. The relative stability of the following centuries  facilitates the second Olgish expansion, [[Dárin's Conquest|into the Ilathw valley]], displacing the Early Aribelian populations there, and north [[Fínar's Conquest|into the western Reknaya]]. According to legend, the same period also sees the first invasions from the west, when the mythical [[Nathari]] land on the shores of Belkondíl and fight several bloody battles until their decisive defeat at the hands of [[Irlikun of Lon Avoch]] in the 1222 [[Battles of Mortim-Arnim#Second Battle|Second Battle of Mortim-Arnim]].

By 2011, according to legend, all of Belkondíl save for Oakshire and the Noldorin is under Olgish rule. The clans make peace, united under one high king ruling from Lágon. This [[First Kingdom of Belkondíl]] lasts for only a few centuries before tension break it apart again. The [[Age of Turmoil|Olgish Clan Wars]] rage for most of the middle Bronze Age and end in the foundation of several smaller kingdoms, the most important of them [[Lon Avoch]] of the White Sea, founded in 1298, beginning the [[Age of Younger Kings]]. This is the end of the clan as the primary political unit in Olgish culture, replaced by new, semi-territorial counties and principalities. The relative stability of the following centuries  facilitates the second Olgish expansion, [[Dárin's Conquest|into the Ilathw valley]], displacing the Early Aribelian populations there, and north [[Fínar's Conquest|into the western Reknaya]]. According to legend, the same period also sees the first invasions from the west, when the mythical [[Nathari]] land on the shores of Belkondíl and fight several bloody battles until their decisive defeat at the hands of [[Irlikun of Lon Avoch]] in the 1222 [[Battles of Mortim-Arnim#Second Battle|Second Battle of Mortim-Arnim]].

This time of relative peace is followed by another period of unrest when the larger kingdoms of the Younger Kings break apart and in 1185, Lágon finally loses its, long only symbolic, status as foremost city of Belkondíl as [[Breaking of Lágon|its royal bloodline is expelled]] and goes into exile in the [[Kingdom of Simaël]]. The following [[Age of Towers]] is marked by brief wars and the formation of smaller, self-sufficient kingdoms, longingly looking back at the glory of the Younger Kings. The first parchment manuscripts in [[Early Old Olgish]] survive from this time, in the form of chronicles and early heroic poetry.

This time of relative peace is followed by another period of unrest when the larger kingdoms of the Younger Kings break apart and in 1185, Lágon finally loses its, long only symbolic, status as foremost city of Belkondíl as [[Breaking of Lágon|its royal bloodline is expelled]] and goes into exile in the [[Kingdom of Simaël]]. The following [[Age of Towers]] is marked by brief wars and the formation of smaller, self-sufficient kingdoms, longingly looking back at the glory of the Younger Kings. The first parchment manuscripts in [[Early Old Olgish]] survive from this time, in the form of chronicles and early heroic poetry.